Justin's graduation ceremony

I fault Kinderland in alot of areas. But if there is one thing that I think they did absolutely great and marvellous, it will be their graduation ceremony.

It is such a wonderful event. Everything were just splendid! The planning was almost perfection and this could only be achieved through many years of experience. Any possible problems that we thought could happen were being taken care of.

The event bring us to a high many times. I feel so emotional and I believe many parents there felt the same way as I do, through the school's careful planning. There were many moments when tears welled up in my eyes when I see my baby all grown up. I am so proud of him.

The whole event was "run by" K2 students. The MCs were the students and the school had several kids MCs for different segments so as to ensure a wider exposure for the students. Besides the principal who gave the opening speech, there were no boring adults on the stage throughout this graduation ceremony. The kids introduced events and gave thank you speeches. They did a wonderful job!

The first event that came out was to show the music talent that the kids acquire during their years of schooling in Kinderland. Kinderland is afflicted with Yamaha Music School and music has always been Kinderland's strength. In their ciricumlum, music (playing instruments) is one of the topics. On the stage, all the K2 kids played different musical instrument including the organ. It was quite impressive!

For the stage performance, the theme is fairy tales. Each class will come out with a performance. There are Aladdin, Snow White and the dwarfs, Under the Sea etc etc. Justin was performing "Under the Sea" and was one of the fishes.





After the performance, it was their graduation ceremony. They wore the graduation suit as they walked out to receive the cert from the principal.





Upon the closing of the ceremony and concert, the school again bring us all to a high by bringing all the kids up on stage to dance and sing a very cheery and inspirational song. In the midst of the song, all the kids slowly marched down the stage and surronded us parents, holding hand-in-hand and sang! They were so "adult-like"but came with such sweet innocent voice! That moved us parents so much! I was again, almost in tears and I'm sure most moms were in tears too. The hubby was smiling and looking at the kids with adoration.



The concert ended with the kids jumping with happiness!

I have to give Kinderland credit for such a well thought-out graduation.

There is a short video clip of Justin receiving his graduation cert from the principal. Click on the link to watch. Please be patient as it is a large file. The entire clip will take sometime to download. There is also another video clip of Justin's splendid performance. The file is too huge and I'm trying to figure out how to make it smaller before I upload it for all to view.


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